Improvement in hearths of cooking-stoves



y view 0f my invention. f

UNITED .STATES vPAT-ENT 1 OFFICE..

' GEORGE i istrMROD,v OF CHICAGO, AILLnvois;

i IMPaovEME-NT IN HEARTHS .oloooKiNGfsTovEs.

Be it known' `that I, GEORGE-Hmmm, of

I Chicago,'in the .county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im Y provelnent in Hearths or Ash-Boxes for nying' ravviugs, and tothe' letters and iig- \ures marked thereon', which form part ot'this specification. 1 j i In' the said drawings,4 which are ,hereunto attached, Figure 1 represents a perspective The nature of my invention consists il novel arrangement-l ifor supporting and retaining in place the removable cover or topof the as'hfbox ina stove-hearth.

Toenablethose skilled iu the artto underli stand how to make and use my invention, `I

will proceed to describe the same with particularity.

A in the drawings represents the ash-box. B 1s the removable cover or top', raised upv to,4

, disclosethe construction of the parts beneath and C, ythe' top or surface otl the hearth around -the removable top B. The hearth is so arj ranged with respect to the stove that tl'iepart v marked D is underthe stove, and' thatpart a represents a series ot vertical ribs or projections cast upon the sides of the ash-pitat. vsuitable distances apart, as shown.- rlhese. [are ldesigned-tol vsupport; the top B', and are all ofthe sainefheight, and have a at=top,so t y l 2. [n combination with. the above, the ein'- v5 that said removable top B is adjusted upon them properly. It rests firmly and equally i upon' the `said supports, the top of said cover B lying exactly inthe plane ot' the hearth C. b b are two small projections cast'upon-B,

I as shown, so that when the cover B is placed upon the supports a the said projections b speciatiou forming-partei Leners Patent- N0. 43,77 l dated August 9, 1.8.64.'

'lock behind the supports a,.projecting. down .below the top, and -prevent B from .sliding forward over the 'space beneath the Agrate.. l The ordinary mode of supporting-th'ecover'. or 'slideover the ash-box is'upon horizo'ntal` [ledges or shelves. along the sidesot' the'box..

When this method is employed, the ashes :i'ff lalways'gettingup'on the'saidshelves ordedges,

so that the removable topwill.' not lie down)V squarely upon the supports', and'greatincons' `rest-firmly thereon.- The casting B i'salso' 'often thicker in some parts thanothersfowing,

to various causes i and in order` toitlhefcasting to its supp'orts,itis often nee'essary-to tile. away the casting, so as 'to'brin'g it -to the .proper thickness at thoseipointsswherevthe; cover rests upon the supports. AIt is readily" seen that in both these .respectsmy invention possessesgreat advantages.' Blitz, j very little ashes, it' any, vcould find vlodgment"ffl-pon the .fcould be very easilyl removed. And in 'regard to ti in'gdown. the 'casting B, to adjust it properly, with my arrangement itv is only necessary that the tiling should be done at certain points where the ends of the supports a rest against vof coustnucting the supports. K

."Having described my invention, I will now Letters Patent: I

vl. Supporting the removable top kB upon.,

the isolated supports a, arranged and operatingv substantially as and for the. purposes herein specified and shown.

l ployment of', the stops or proections b,.for the' l purposes specified.

Witnesses:

` W. 'E'.Munns L. L. connait ven ience is occasioned in "cleaninggltheashe's :.f

from. the supportssofas to permit'the'x-cever to ends of the supports @,and if any shou-ldthey-` it, instead of adjusting the casting its entire length, as is necessary in the ordinarymanner specify whatl claim. and desire to secure by eno. minnen- 

